Austin, TX (Del Valle South)

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Del Valle South neighborhood in Austin are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the Del Valle South neighborhood, 82.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 17.6% of the residents employed.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Del Valle South neighborhood is English, spoken by 72.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (26.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the Del Valle South neighborhood in Austin, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (3.9%), along with some Jamaican ancestry residents (2.0%), among others. In addition, 11.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Del Valle South neighborhood spend longer than one hour commuting one-way to work (50.0% of working residents), one of the longer commutes in America, which is a potential downside for residents of this neighborhood.

Here most residents (50.0%) ride the bus to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (50.0%) . The bus provides a valuable service in the Del Valle South neighborhood of Austin by getting a lot of residents to and from work daily, reducing the costs of commuting and reducing some congestion on the roads as well.